Am I realy British (was Re: HBP US / UK Differences)

[Tim Regan]

Hi All,

Is replying to one's own posts the first or second sign of madness?

Dumbledad (me) said:
<<< I was pretty sure that the word "tardy" was used *somewhere* in the
US edition, and it's not a word we'd use much in the UK (it sounds very
archaic to us); but it isn't where I thought it was. If anyone does come
across it, do let me know the page number. >>>

This has got worse. I have found where the word "tardiness" is used in
the US edition.

US edition page 159:
Harry was so pleased to see it he felt he could even endure Filch's
wheezy criticisms of his tardiness and rants about how his timekeeping
would improve with the regular application of thumbscrews.

But when I looked it up in the UK edition (page 152) it is exactly the
same! So much for my knowledge of my own countrymen's use of language.

Cheers,

Dumbledad.